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Absence of means for carrying away waste water from taps 13
Houses with insufficient water supply 70
Additional draw-ofi taps provided 27
Water-closet roof defective 26
„ walls out of repair 50
„ flooring defective 9
„ flushing apparatus defective 81
„ pan defective 23
„ pan foul 13
„ seat defective 56
„ choked 22
„ door missing, off hinges, defective, or fastenings out of order 33
„ lighting or ventilation inadequate 2
„ accommodation insufficient 60
Drinking water cistern defective 3
„ „ „ dirty 3
„ „ „ uncovered or cover defective 4
Rooms damp 276
Rooms, staircases, wash-houses, water-closets, yards, areas, etc., dirty 3,193
Rooms verminous 122
Rooms, floor, bedding or contents dirty 8
Roof leaky 249
Mixing of sexes -
Chimney smoky 10
Food cupboard not provided 86
Cooking accommodation not provided or defective -
Staircase not provided with artificial light -
„ without handrail -
Window cords or fastenings out of repair 508
Common staircase out of repair 96
Animals improperly kept 1
Premises where water supply was cut off 1
Wash-house paving defective 45
Yard or area paving defective 123
Dustbin defective 101
„ accommodation insufficient 13
Premises without ashpit accommodation -
Accumulation of refuse 27
Notices Issued.
Written Intimations 473
Statutory Notices:—
Verminous rooms 89
Additional taps 279
Other matters 307
Bye-law Notices 1,011
Items of Dilapidation for which Letters were sent to the Owners (Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936).
Wall-plaster broken, bulging, or defective 208
Matchboarding defective 3
Wall-paper loose 15
Skirting defective 10
Doors defective or missing 44
Locks defective 35
Ceiling plaster defective 132
Ceiling paper loose 11
Floors broken or badly worn 132
Stoves defective (including fire tiles burnt away, bars broken or missing, oven plates burnt through, oven
doors defective or missing, plates broken or missing) 126
Stove settings defective 27
Flues defective 33
Hearths defective 8
Chimney-pieces loose or defective (including jambs, frieze, or mantel broken, loose, or missing) ... 30
Cupboard doors defective or missing and shelves missing 23
Cupboard shelves missing 1
Window-sashes defective (including sash or sash-bars broken, rotten or defective, beads missing or
defective, putties defective) 191
Window-frames loose or defective (including oak sills worn or rotten) 94
Window-glass broken 197
Copper brickwork defective, furnace pan leaky, furnace door missing or defective, setting defective, flue
smoky or defective 49
Steps to front entrance or area defective 35
Railing to area or area steps defective 9
Guard rails to addition roofs defective, broken or rotten 6
Rubbish or refuse in yard, washhouse, vault, area, under-basement, etc. 23
Vault doors missing or defective 15
Bye-law 17 of the Bye-laws made by the London County Council with respect to lodging-houses
(i.e., houses intended or used for occupation by the working-classes and let in lodgings or occupied
by members of more than one family), requires every owner of a lodging-house to provide and
maintain for the use of each family by whom any part of the house is occupied, and so far as is
practicable on the storey or one of the storeys in which are situate the rooms or lodgings in the
separate occupation of the family—